Impact Bioenergy: Turning Beer and Food Wast into Electricty Posted on June 22, 2018July 11, 2018 by Tom Ranken Share Source: Eric Keto, Crosscut, June 22, 2018. Katie Herzog smells a bucket of liquid fertilizer that was made from leftover food scraps. (Image grab from a video by Eric Keto/KCTS 9) A startup company (Impact Bioenergy) in Seattle is converting half-eaten burgers, spoiled milk and spent yeast from a brewery into electricity and liquid fertilizer. Find the video here.